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Reform Party news releases

Release-Sept-27-1991-p01

REFORMPARTY OF CANADASeptember 27, 1991 NEWS RELEASEREFORM LEADER SAYS CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE RAISES HOPESPreston Manning, Leader of the Reform Party of Canada, said today in Halifax that the Mulroney government's constitutional proposals have raised expectations about the possibility of real reform. He urged participation in the debates ahead, but also caution about the government's intentions.Manning noted that the document borrows heavily from the Reform Party platform. "The portions of the package for which we have found significant public support across the country include:- the principle of property rights entrenchment;- freer votes in the House of Commons;- election of Senators and further reform of the Senate;- Senate ratification of key federal appointments;- removal of interprovincial trade barriers; and- harmonization of fiscal and monetary policies. The proposals also would move the government away from unanimity, constitutional vetoes, and a narrow Quebec-only agenda. These are positive steps."Nowhere is the adoption of Reform proposals more obvious than in the area of Senate reform. "The government has now conceded one E - Elected - and has left the door open to the other two," Manning observed. "The document doesn't give us Equal, but it concedes that the current four-region formula is unfair to Outer Canada and that provinces, not regions, are the only basis for representation. Real Effectiveness, which is already in the Constitution, may be vague in the proposal, but even senior government ministers are now admitting that

REFORMPARTY OF CANADASeptember 27, 1991 NEWS RELEASEREFORM LEADER SAYS CONSTITUTIONAL PACKAGE RAISES HOPESPreston Manning, Leader of the Reform Party of Canada, said today in Halifax that the Mulroney government's constitutional proposals have raised expectations about the possibility of real reform. He urged participation in the debates ahead, but also caution about the government's intentions.Manning noted that the document borrows heavily from the Reform Party platform. "The portions of the package for which we have found significant public support across the country include:- the principle of property rights entrenchment;- freer votes in the House of Commons;- election of Senators and further reform of the Senate;- Senate ratification of key federal appointments;- removal of interprovincial trade barriers; and- harmonization of fiscal and monetary policies. The proposals also would move the government away from unanimity, constitutional vetoes, and a narrow Quebec-only agenda. These are positive steps."Nowhere is the adoption of Reform proposals more obvious than in the area of Senate reform. "The government has now conceded one E - Elected - and has left the door open to the other two," Manning observed. "The document doesn't give us Equal, but it concedes that the current four-region formula is unfair to Outer Canada and that provinces, not regions, are the only basis for representation. Real Effectiveness, which is already in the Constitution, may be vague in the proposal, but even senior government ministers are now admitting that